#1974
CPH railmotor
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by New South Wales Government Railways· from 1923· diesel train in Australia
what is it?
The CPH (or 42 foot) rail motors were introduced by the New South Wales Government Railways in 1923 to provide feeder service on country branch lines.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 103 years ago, in 1923.
- 12.8 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 62 years (1923–1985).
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1923
- in service from
- 1923
- retired
- 1985
- status
- retired
- number built
- 37
- kind
- carriage / wagon
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- New South Wales Government Railways
- operators
- Department of Railways New South Wales, New South Wales Public Transport Commission, State Rail Authority of New South Wales, New South Wales Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- Single unit
- length
- 12.8 m
- capacity
- 45 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5013643, Wikipedia: CPH railmotor (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.